Furious rally gives Bears first win of season

12:59 AM,
Oct. 14, 2012

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Seventy-two days after reporting for their first practice in the August heat, Missouri State's football team broke its drought with an unlikely flood of fourth-quarter points.

Austin Witmer's 33-yard field goal on the game's final play - capping a 17-point surge in the final 5:27 - gave the Bears a 27-24 victory Saturday over South Dakota before 8,001 fans at Plaster Sports Complex.

"I'm speechless," defensive end Anthony Grady said after MSU shed its winless label, improving to 1-6 overall and 1-3 in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. ...